Index: include/llvm/Target/Target.td
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Target/Target.td
+++ include/llvm/Target/Target.td
@@ -674,6 +674,11 @@
   // this type. The method normally will just use an alt-name index to look
   // up the name to print. Default to the generic printOperand().
   string PrintMethod = pm;
+
+  // EncoderMethod - The target method name to call to encode this register
+  // operand.
+  string EncoderMethod = "";
+
   // ParserMatchClass - The "match class" that operands of this type fit
   // in. Match classes are used to define the order in which instructions are
   // match, to ensure that which instructions gets matched is deterministic.
Index: test/TableGen/AsmVariant.td
===================================================================
--- test/TableGen/AsmVariant.td
+++ test/TableGen/AsmVariant.td
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // RUN: llvm-tblgen -gen-asm-matcher -I %p/../../include %s | FileCheck %s
 
-// Check that cpecifying AsmVariant works correctly
+// Check that specifying AsmVariant works correctly
 
 include "llvm/Target/Target.td"
 
Index: test/TableGen/RegisterEncoder.td
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/TableGen/RegisterEncoder.td
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// RUN: llvm-tblgen -gen-emitter -I %p/../../include %s | FileCheck %s
+
+// Check that EncoderMethod for RegisterOperand is working correctly
+
+include "llvm/Target/Target.td"
+
+def ArchInstrInfo : InstrInfo { }
+
+def Arch : Target {
+  let InstructionSet = ArchInstrInfo;
+}
+
+def Reg : Register<"reg">;
+
+def RegClass : RegisterClass<"foo", [i32], 0, (add Reg)>;
+
+def RegOperand : RegisterOperand<RegClass> {
+  let EncoderMethod = "barEncoder";
+}
+
+def foo : Instruction {
+  let Size = 1;
+
+  let OutOperandList = (outs);
+  let InOperandList = (ins RegOperand:$bar);
+
+  bits<8> bar;
+  bits<8> Inst = bar;
+}
+
+// CHECK: case ::foo: {
+// CHECK:   op = barEncoder
+// CHECK:   Value |= op & UINT64_C(255);
+// CHECK:   break;
+// CHECK: }
\ No newline at end of file
Index: utils/TableGen/CodeGenInstruction.cpp
===================================================================
--- utils/TableGen/CodeGenInstruction.cpp
+++ utils/TableGen/CodeGenInstruction.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
       PrintMethod = Rec->getValueAsString("PrintMethod");
       OperandType = Rec->getValueAsString("OperandType");
       OperandNamespace = Rec->getValueAsString("OperandNamespace");
+      EncoderMethod = Rec->getValueAsString("EncoderMethod");
     } else if (Rec->isSubClassOf("Operand")) {
       PrintMethod = Rec->getValueAsString("PrintMethod");
       OperandType = Rec->getValueAsString("OperandType");